As you prepare for Passover this year – a new ruling by the Orthodox Union’s "Kosher for Passover" certification program – has changed their policy which automatically, in years past, made coffee "Kosher for Passover".

"The reason for the change is that some coffee companies now add maltodextrin – which is either outright chametz [leaven, forbidden on Passover] or kitniyos [non-chametz grains banned on Passover in Ashkenazic households] – to their instant coffee…As a result…this coffee is not kosher for Passover."

"the OU will continue to issue kosher-for-Passover certification for coffees that merit it, and warns that only coffee bearing an OU-P symbol, or brands listed in the gray area of the OU’s Passover Directory, should be used. Ground coffee remains acceptable from any source as long as it is unflavored and not decaffeinated"